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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 8: Can You Please Give Me Directions?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars participate in a guided reading experience by following directions to cut out tangrams. They listen to the directions and cut as the reading progresses.
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Triangle Town

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a fact family town to develop the understanding of numbers related in fact families. They learn each family has a big number and two baby numbers. They make triangle shaped houses for their facts.
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Angles and Triangles

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine Jewish symbols. For this Holocaust lesson, 8th graders discuss the meanings behind the Swastika and the Star of David. Students also measure the angles and shapes with the symbols.
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Flips, Turns, and Slides: Adventures with Transformations

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore transformations. For this math lesson, students plot points on a coordinate grid and construct shapes. Students discuss movements on the grid as flips, turns and slides.
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Ceva’s Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students prove and use Ceva's Theorem to solve problems. In this geometry lesson, students analyze polygons for patterns and calculate the area of each shape. They relate polygons to the real world.
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Napolean Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate the Napoleon triangle theory. In this polygon lesson plan, students  differentiate between the boundary points, interior and lattice point of a polygon. They apply concepts of equilateral triangles to solve problems.
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Geo Jammin By Design: Coordinated

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students watch the teacher draw on the chalkboard and try to determine the form being drawn. They use questions to determine Quadrant #1 of a coordinate plane.
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Cafeteria Mayhem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a cafeteria floor plan. In this area and perimeter lesson, groups create an efficient lunchroom layout on poster board by using geometric shapes and formulas as the basis for their designs. In the accompanying writing...
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Fantastic Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work in small groups to find pictures that represent the fractions 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4. They paste their examples onto bulletin board paper and share their results with the rest of the class.
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Around the Clock

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover the relationship between the circumference of a circle and its diameter. They find the length of an arc of a circle.Students use estimation strategies in real-world applications to predict results (i.e.,...
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Faces, Vertices, Edges

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the parts of three dimensional objects. In this geometry lesson, students find the number of faces, edges and vertices. They differentiate between prisms and polyhedra.
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Searching a Region in the Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Programming a robot is a mathematical task! The activity asks learners to examine the process of programming a robot to vacuum a room. They use a coordinate plane to model the room, write equations to represent movement, determine the...
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Congruent and Similar figures

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore congruent and similar figures.  In this eighth grade geometry lesson, 8th graders use geoboards to create congruent and similar figures and explore the relationships between the sides and angles. 
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Math Mouth!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine and discuss math vocabulary. They participate in various games involving the math vocabulary. Use this as a supplement.